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Ichthy.: The English translation of Monocentris (q. v.). Used as a popular name for the single species of that genus. "This animal is called Sing Sing by all the negroes. They do not think that their flocks will be healthy or fruitful unle they have a Sing Sing with them The English on the Gambia call it a Jacka -deer from its appearance, and it is called Koba and Ka imause by the negroes at Macarthy's Island.- English Cyclop . ( Nat . Hist .), i. 254. *sing-ster, s. [Eng.sing; fem. suff. -ster .] A female singer. sin-gu-lar, *sin-gu-lêr, a . & s . [Fr. singulier , from Lat. singular is =single, separate, from singuli =one by one: Sp. & Port. singular ; Ital. singulare , singolare.] [SINGLE.] IMG:content-1500.png:[blocks in formation] "These busts of the emperors and empre es are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind."-Add is on. *3. Alone in its kind; unparalleled, unexampled. "Some villain, ay, and singular in his art." Shakesp.: Cymbeline , iii. 4. 4. Out of the usual course; extraordinary, unusual, strange. "The fame of these singular audiences spread over Rome."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vii. 5. Above or beyond the common; remarkable, notable, rare, eminent. "Men of singular integrity and learning." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., ii. 4. *2. Something singular, rare, or curious; a rarity, a curiosity. "Your gallery Have we pa 'd through, not without much content In many singularities." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, v. 3. *3. A particular privilege, prerogative, or distinction. "Catholicism, which is here attributed unto the church, must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation."- Pearson . 4. Character or trait of character differing from that of others; strangene , oddity, eccentricity. "Singularity in this matter is so far from being a reflec. tion upon any man's prudence, that it is a singular commendation of it."- Til lots on : Sermons , ser. 1. IMG:content-1501.png:[blocks in formation] "So many disordered notes and singult i ent accents."Howell: Parly of Beasts , p. 23.